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January 1st, 2009

Inspirational Biography Shows How One Woman Overcame Disability to Succeed in Life and in Business

New inspirational book released about the life of a woman who overcame the constraints of polio to succeed in life as a mother, a wife, and a businesswoman.

Oshawa, Ontario (MMPUBS.COM) 1 January 2009 – In a new, uplifting autobiography, author Jean Denecke shares the devastating impacts of the polio epidemic of the early 1950s and how becoming wheelchair-bound erased the future she had planned for herself.  While most people would fall into a deep depression, Denecke pulled herself up and planned a new, bright future – one that she then set out to achieve.

 

Denecke discusses in detail what it was like to get polio, her experiences with various hospitals and doctors, and her experience in the famous Roosevelt Foundation facility in Warm Springs, Georgia. Giving a glimpse of how the delivery of medical services has changed since the 1950s, the book describes what it was like to be a woman with a disability in that era.

 

A heart-warming and inspiring story that also at times will bring a tear to the reader’s eye,  Walking Isn’t Everything shares how Denecke left the Warm Springs facility after a long hospitalization and returned home where she managed to succeed as a mother, a wife, and a businesswoman in the 1950s, when the stereotypical roles for women were very strictly defined and demanding. 

 

Walking Isn't Everything is more than just a biography of one remarkable woman - it is a story of courage, determination, and love.

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Walking Isn’t Everything: An Account of the Life of Jean Denecke by Jean Denecke, edited by Kris Gruenawald and Keith Storey.  Crystal Dreams Publishing, January 2009.  ISBN 9781591461920.  220 pp.  $16.95.  Details and sample excerpts available at http://www.mmpubs.com/catalog/walking-isn-39-t-everything-book-p-215.html

 

 

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